An encouragement from 2 Corinthians 5:17

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It was 5:30 in the morning when my alarm went off. Janet (my wife) wondered why we would possibly be starting when it was still dark out. I got up and went to McDonalds for a bacon and egg mcmuffin and drove to my brother-in-laws house to help him shingle his roof. We got off to a great start, we sat around the table and drank coffee until the sun came up, it was about 6:30.

I've recently had some thoughts on parent teen communication, here's one of them:

Can you feel the excitement in the air? Students are writing exams, the sun is coming out more and more, and the summer vacation is looming. If you're like most parents you are both excited and apprehensive about what the summer may bring. On the one hand you have family outings and bbq's to look forward to, and on the other hand you have the "I'm bored" comments coming.

So what can you as a parent do to encourage a great summer of character development and growth in responsibility? Here are a few quick suggestions to get your creative parental juices flowing:

Blog suggesting that we start thinking of ways to integrate students into the larger body, rather than function as islands.